Instructor vs Constructor

Lesson 15

Today we tested our ability to interpret instructions from images and verbally work as a team to build a mini block animal. After the activity, I realised how hard things can be without words! Especially for visually impaired people, constructing things and applying instructions can be really hard.

With two people, one person had instructions and the other person would build. The instructor would have to explain the steps without the two seeing what the other is doing. My partner and I didn’t communicate very well, and my ‘parrot’ ended up being a rainbow blob of colour.

This taught me that when things go wrong, you need to admit to the problem and work together to fix the problem. You shouldn’t try to hide the problem and quickly fix it, as it may end up becoming a barrier and cause more and more problems.